Patent CA-3092346-C (CA)
Inventor: RANKINE ANTHONY JOHN
IPC: G09B1/00
Filed: 2019-02-24
Granted: 2021-05-04
Abstract: (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY  (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau                                (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date    WO 2019/168769 Al 06 September 2019 (06.09.2019) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification:    (72) Inventor; and GO9B 1/00 (2006.01) (71) Applicant: RANKINE, Anthony, John [US/US]; 50'72 16th St. Dr. NE, Hickory, NC 28601 (US). (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2019/019329 (74) Agent: DREMANN, Christopher, C.; Christopher C. Dre-mann, P.C., 18 Mallard Ct., Granite Falls, NC 28630 (11S). (22) International Filing Date: 24 February 2019 (24.02.2019) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (25) Filing Language:                     English AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, (26) Publication Language:                English CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (30) Priority Data: HR, HU, ED, EL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, 15/906,3'74                               2'7 February 2018 (27.02.2018) US KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (63) Related by continuation (CON) or continuation-in-part    MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, (CIP) to earlier application:                                                       OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, US                                        15/906,374 (CEP) SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, Filed on                                  2'7 February 2018 (27.02.2018) TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, = (54) Title: BEAD-ON-TILE APPARATUS AND METHODS     /     \ 1 4                                                 1 4A \ 2.K.'"< 1 3                                               1 2 FIG. 2A h (57) Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing instruction include at least one instruction site defining an instruction board GC and at least one instruction piece configured to be received on the instruction site. A user manipulates the at least one instruction piece to perform a change of state operation relating to the instruction. The apparatus and methods are based on applied cognitive science, where children play the lead role in storylines staged upon a rule-enforcing apparatus and by so doing, become self-enlightened about denumerability, rank-wise denumerability, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and other change-of-state processes 0 encountered in mathematics and the quantifiable sciences. [Continued on next page]     WO 2019/168769 Al I11111 NMIl 1111111111111111 3E111 I II 111 011 11111 GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: ¨    of inventorship (Rule 4.17(iv)) Published: ¨    with international search report (Art. 21(3))